Born near Clark Fork: 12 famous people within 35 miles
Closest of all is Elizabeth Jacobs, from Heron, 11 mi away. No famous person on record lists Clark Fork as their birthplace yet. Sarah Palin is the most widely known, written about in 103 languages. 89 of the towns in Idaho list at least one person.
What stands out about Clark Fork’s famous people
Famous people born near Clark Fork
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.




James C. Fry
1897–1982General, World War II and Korean War, Distinguished Service Cross



Destiney Sue Moore
born 1978American reality television personality
Kevin Satterlee
born 1968American lawyer and academic administrator
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Clark Fork and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (7)
- Sarah Palin: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marilynne Robinson: Christian Scott Heinen Bell, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nate Holland: LG전자, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James C. Fry: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joe Mather: shgmom56 on Flickr (Original version) UCinternational (Crop), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Hagadone: https://www.flickr.com/people/edrost88/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Ferguson: Robert L. Ferguson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons